The Overlooked Dark Knight: The New Adventures

Welcome back to  The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! Which is an outright lie this time out. Again. 30 years ago, this week, Batman Forever was released to theaters. It was kind of a big deal and in the three decades since it came out the film has become either beloved, the source of much mockery, or a mix of the two. Andy and M...

Welcome back to  The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! This time out your hosts, Andy and Mike, look at a pair of Batman stories that are set at and around Christmas! After a discussion about what this episode was originally going to cover, they get into Batman/Catwoman Special #1. Written by Tom King with art by the late John Pau...

Welcome back to  The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! This time out Andy and Mike take a look at a pair of Batman Elseworlds stories! Elseworlds is back as an imprint and the guys thought it would be fun to look at two of those stories that have flown under the radar. First up is the 2001 Ed Brubaker/Sean Phillips special called...

Welcome back to  The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! This time out Andy and Mike cover two comics that have been released as facsimile editions over the past few years because the guys really love them. After a brief introduction where Andy and Mike blame each other for life decisions they dig into Batman #181, which was the fir...

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight , the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! It's Christmas time, so Andy and Mike thought it would be fun to look at not one but two Yuletide themed Batman stories. Or, at the very least, two stories that take place at Christmas. First up is Brave and the Bold #184, where the Huntress of Earth-2 crosses over to Earth-1 t...

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! This time out Andy and Mike take a look at the 1995 graphic novel Joker: The Devil's Advocate . Written by Chuck Dixon with art by Graham Nolan and Scott Hanna this story explores what happens when the Joker is finally put on trial for his crimes. The problem? Batman doesn't bel...

Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the podcast that shines a light on Batman stories hardly anyone talks about! In this exciting episode Andy and Mike talk about the very brief seven issue Batman  run written by Larry Hama. It was the dawn of a new age in Gotham. No Man's Land was over, a new century was beginning, and the Batman titles underwent a seismic creative shift with newer writer...

The "exciting" and "action packed" and "deemed necessary by Mike" trailer announcing the new downloading home for The Overlooked Dark Knight! That's it. That's the description.